On Feb. 22, the Trump administration initiated one of its first major reversals of an Obama-era regulation addressing coal mining on federal land. But President Trump, who has never been shy about making grandiose promises to coal country and coal miners, was surprisingly silent on the matter. There was no photo op with coal workers and mine operators in the White House, no promise of new jobs or an industry revival. Although the move appeared to be in line with administration goals—in his recent statement on the Paris Agreement on climate change Trump said that he happens to “love the coal miners” and that withdrawing from the accord would protect U.S. jobs—the White House didn’t even issue a press release.
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